Winning the war on cancer
The world this week
Politics
Business
The weekly cartoon

Leaders

A slow-burn success
The world is winning the war on cancer
Progress has been remarkable. Death rates are down substantially, and are likely to fall further
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during a visit to a military training area
America and Europe
Trump’s U-turn on Russia is utterly cynical—and welcome
His pivot on supplying arms could help Ukraine defend itself
Pixel art of a retro browser showing Google behind bars with a keyhole overlay
A tragedy of the digital commons
To survive the AI age, the web needs a new business model
Artificial intelligence has undermined the internet’s central bargain
A hand holding a frying pan with U.S. hundred-dollar bills flying out of it against a bright yellow background
Teflon capitalism, tested
Bit by bit, the world economy’s resilience is being worn away
Growth has held up astonishingly, given geopolitics. But it can’t last for ever
A British army officer patrols with Afghan soldiers in Helmand Province in 2007
An Afghan super-malfunction
The British people have been kept in the dark for two years
A data breach, a gag order, a stampede to duck responsibility

Letters
A selection of correspondence
The politicisation of the Federal Reserve
By Invitation

Everyday, everywhere
You don’t have to be America or China to win in AI, says Rishi Sunak
American energy policy
Climate change is a by-product of progress, not an existential crisis, says Trump’s energy czar
Briefing

Less deadly than you think
The world is making impressive progress averting cancer
And there are more improvements to come
Asia
Photomontage illustration, Ishiba Shigeru is central, with Tamaki Yuichiro in front, around them are images of the Japanese parliament, young people and TikTok
Hot mess
Japan’s politics is entering a messy new era
Crash course
How did Pakistan shoot down India’s fighter jets?
Asian diplomacy
Meet the most important voice in Australian foreign policy
Banyan
Welcome to Asia’s secret Silicon island
China
Collage of Ursula von der Leyen and Wang Yi
Fifty years of fraying ties
A savage squabble between China and Europe
Trading places
China’s exporters shrug off the trade war—for now
Sexism in universities
Why a fling with a foreigner insults China’s “national dignity”
United States

Dr Donald
The meaning of Trumpcare
Morbid maths
Quantifying Trumpcare
Peak exodus
What if America’s red states are about to lose their cheap-housing advantage?
Proof of the pudding
Americans are catching on to the joys of British food. Yes, really
All politics is national
Wyoming gets a MAGA makeover
Lexington
Why Superman is the least relevant superhero

The Americas
A woman carrying buckets of water from a well in a small Mayan community
Social welfare in Mexico
Mexico’s handouts do a bit for the poor and lots for Morena
Justice confused
Justice for Haiti’s murdered president is messy
Sargassum
Sand, sun and stench
Middle East & Africa
Israel carries out airstrike on Syrian Defense Ministry in Damascus, Syria
Another neighbour, another bombardment
Why did Israel strike Damascus?
Cease ceasefire
As the Houthis sink two ships in one week, the world shrugs
Deaths in the queue
A first-hand look at Gaza’s controversial food-distribution sites
A fragile overhaul
The dark side of Ethiopia’s liberalisation
Baba goes home
Muhammadu Buhari failed to build a better Nigeria, twice
Europe
Illustration of a Euro coin being cut by an egg slicer
Brussels sprouts a budget
Despite enormous challenges, the EU sticks with its puny budget
Art of the U-Turn
Fed up with Putin, Trump offers Ukraine arms and tariffs
Droning on
Ukrainian drones are killing ever more soldiers
Thirsty for income
Albania’s tourism boom is a boon for Jared Kushner
Integration watch
Switzerland is ticking towards a tighter deal with the EU
Charlemagne
Germany’s “memory culture” prevents it from coping with Gaza
Britain
An illustration of a person sweeping up a pile of golden mortarboards.
Leaner learning
Britain’s bankrupt universities are hunting for cheaper models
Brain gain?
Britain has a rare opportunity to lure American talent
Best of enemies
Britain and Germany sign a historic treaty
Justice delayed
How to solve the backlog in England’s courts
Protected mammals
British bats are a conservation success story
Bagehot
Operation Rubific, the portrait of failure
International
Switzerland celebrate their first goal at the women’s Euros
A whole new ball game
The rise and rise of women’s sport
The Telegram
Cynical realism won’t save India from Donald Trump
Business
An illustration of a tomb of 'The World Wide Web, 1989-2025'.
World wide worries
AI is killing the web. Can anything save it?
Castles in the cloud
Can Nvidia persuade governments to pay for “sovereign” AI?
Red flag
The spectacular folly of Donald Trump’s copper tariffs
Raring to go
America throws big money at a small rare-earths mine
Ketchup if you can
Kraft Heinz is not the only food giant in trouble
Room boom
The hottest new travel destination for hotel brands: India
Bartleby
Are superstars as good when they move jobs?
Schumpeter
Move over, Tim Cook. Jensen Huang is America Inc’s new China envoy
Finance & economics
illustration showing a red upward-pointing arrow zigzags through a field of wooden feathered arrows stuck in the ground
Disaster-proof capitalism
War, geopolitics, energy crisis: how the economy evades every disaster
American protectionism
Trump’s real threat: industry-specific tariffs
Ground down
Our Big Mac index will sadden America’s burger-lovers
The rate escape
Americans can still get a 2% mortgage
Buttonwood
Stablecoins might cut America’s debt payments. But at what cost?
Free exchange
Why is AI so slow to spread? Economics can explain
Science & technology
Thinking man statue with a digital coded overlay and his head is missing
Artificial stupidity
Will AI make you stupid?
Bedtime story
Why do people sleep? A new study points to the brain
Well informed
Should you take creatine?
Culture
A shadowy figure running away from an opening door with the light bleeding in. The door also resembles a book
Spooky stuff
Uncovering the foibles of the KGB and the CIA
Getup to get down
Feather boas and bald caps: the wacky world of concert fashion
Human trafficking
China’s child-snatching business
Top dollar
What a football shirt can tell you about finance and geopolitics
Trickle-down economics
Water bottles, the accessory Gen Z is thirsting after
If it ain’t broke
The rise of AI art is spurring a revival of analogue media
Economic & financial indicators
Indicators
Economic data, commodities and markets
Obituary
Simon Groot holding a cabbage in a field
The joy of veg
Simon Groot scattered better plant seeds across the world